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25 Railroad Crew Suppers That Faded Into History (Trackside, Hot • Cheap • Filling)

Discover the real meals that fueled America’s rails—no dining car, no white tablecloths. From cast-iron beef stew and bean-forward chili to sourdough biscuits, hardtack with pan gravy, and “Railroad Pie,” this video pushes past myth to show how section gangs and gandy dancers actually ate: hot, cheap, and filling. If you love American food history, Great Plains grit, or old-school, budget-friendly recipes, you’re in the right place.
What you’ll get:
• Authentic trackside cooking stories and recipes you can adapt at home
• The logic of camp cooking—waste nothing, make it count (Dutch oven, skillet, coals)
• Comfort flavors: beans, cabbage, coffee-strong-as-a-horseshoe, molasses sweets
• Nostalgia for classic, practical meals that fed a continent
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:35 Section House Beef Stew
01:36 Gandy-Dancer Chili (Bean-Forward)
02:55 Salt Pork & Fried Potatoes with Onions
04:11 Chicken & Dumplings (Trackside)
05:27 Cabbage & Sausage Pot
06:41 Sardines & Crackers Work Plate
07:54 Pickled Eggs
09:07 Ham Hock & Navy Beans
10:25 Corned Beef Hash
11:41 Fried Trout with Cornmeal Crust
12:58 Sausage Gravy over Sourdough Biscuits
14:14 Canned Salmon Patties
15:26 Sourdough Biscuits
16:44 Liver & Onions
18:02 Coffee-Can Bread
19:13 Corn Dodgers / Johnnycakes
20:25 Cabbage & Bacon Fry-Up
21:39 Fried Potato Cakes
22:55 Hardtack with Pan Gravy
24:10 Cow Tongue in Brown Gravy
25:30 Dried Apple Hand Pies
26:47 Bread Pudding with Coffee Syrup
28:06 Molasses Gingerbread (Sheet Pan)
29:21 Gooseberry Cobbler (When in Season)
30:39 “Railroad Pie” (Shoofly-Style)

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